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Dragonmount Anthology

The Dragonmount Writers Guild is looking for interested writers and artists to submit peices for a Dragonmount Anthology. If there is enough interest we will begin collecting submissions for a 1 to 2 month time period and then begin the selection process.   Short stories should range between 7,500 and 20,000 words. Two types of artwork can be submitted, cover artwork (which is in color) and inset artwork (which is in black and white).   All proceeds from the selling of this anthology will
Guest Matalina

Wheel of Time Events at Dragon*Con 2006

The Wheel of Time track at Dragon*Con has released their schedule of programming for 2006.   Dragon*Con is America's largest, multi-media, popular arts convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film. The dates are Sept. 1-4. It is held in Atlanta, GA at the Hyatt Regency, Marriott Marquis and the Atlanta Hilton. Registration is $85 per person.   [ WoT Schedule ] [ WoT Track Site ] [ Dragon*Con ] [ 2005 Dragon*Con Report ]
Guest Kathana

Badali to Debut New WoT Jewelry at Comic-Con

Badali Jewelry sent the following email to their customers yesterday:       Dear Customer,   We are proud to announce the debut of our newly licensed Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time jewelry. The jewelry will be debuting at Comic Con International in San Diego, CA July 19-23. We will be located in the dealer's room in booth 530.   The new Wheel of Time jewelry will appear on the website a few days after Comic Con (between July 26 - 28).   The newly licensed Wheel of Time pieces are as
Guest Kathana

Red Eagle and Alias Enterprises Team To Produce Comics And Graphic Novels

We've gotten some information from Red Eagle, the company behind the New Spring comics. and Alias about their partnership to produce new Graphic novel and comic content, including some new stuff based off the the Wheel of Time.   Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC and Alias Enterprises, LLC announced today that they have entered into a far-reaching business relationship to develop, produce and publish new comic books and graphic novels for global markets based on Red Eagle-managed properties
Guest Kevin Dean

The 4th Age Podcast nominated for Parsec Award

The 4th Age podcast has been nominated for a Parsec Award in the category of Best Fan Podcast! These awards will be presented as part of the Podcasting: Now and Beyond track at the Dragon*Con convention in Atlanta this year.   Congratulations to Jayson, Carrie, and Ben for making such a great show each week.   This is only the first round for our podcasters. After all nominations have been gathered, the awards commitee (Michael R. Mennenga, Mur Lafferty and Tracy Hickman) will narrow the l
Guest Jason

Message Boards down for servicing

The message boards will be down for upgrading for a short while, if you receive errors please be pateint and try back in 30 miniutes, the more you keep checking the harder it will be for me to get this done. Thanks.   *edited*   Sorry for the delay this will not be happening now as I ran into technical difficulties. Message boards will remain functioning until the difficulties have been resolved.   *edited again*   Technicall difficulties have been resolved. I will begin updates now.
Guest Matalina

Red Eagle to discontinue publication of NEW SPRING

Red Eagle Entertainment, the publishing company behind the New Spring graphic novel, has issued this press release:   Dear Fans of the New Spring Comic:   We hope that you have enjoyed our past issues of Robert Jordan's New Spring comic series. However, we have some important news to share with you concerning the future availability of this publication. As you may know, Red Eagle Entertainment is the publisher of New Spring, and is responsible for the printing and distribution
Guest Jason

DM temporary website downtime: May 6

Hi everyone. This is just a quick notice to let you all know that on Saturday, May 6th (this coming Saturday), Dragonmount.com will be offline for a few hours. I need to take the server offline to install a new rear fan into it. Everything is running great, but the fan is not doing too well and I'd like to replace it. I will also use that time to do some system-level adjustments to further improve the stability and speed of the server.   Thank you to everyone for your visiting the site. If
Guest Jason

The 4th Age Podcast now streaming!

Dragonmount is proud to announce the beginning of the first ever Wheel of Time themed podcast. Called "The 4th Age" (by some), the podcast is a free weekly audio program available directly through Dragonmount.com or Apple's iTunes store. The hosts for the show are Jayson Tremmel and Carrie Hasson, both long time vets of reading the books. We are currently looking for a 3rd person as well to be a regular on the show. The first two episodes are already online and available for download
Guest Jason

Get Well Project for Robert Jordan

I am going to be attempting to put together an online "Get Well" Talent display for all members of Dragonmount. Anyone is welcome to participate, talented in your opinion or not, it's the thought that counts.   The idea is to create a webpage (several to be exact) that is dedicated to telling and showing RJ how much his world means to us and that we wish him well in his treatment and recovery periods.   If you write poetry feel free to submit something.   If you make graphics feel free to
Guest Matalina

More information about Robert Jordan's treatment

First of all, thank you to everyone who has repsonded to the news and blog posts in regards to Robert Jordan's announcement about his Amyloidosis diagnosis. It just proves that his readership is full of caring individuals.   I've spoken a little more with RJ about what's going on. Here's what he said: We leave for the Mayo in Rochester on 1 April, to make for an easy trip. My first appointment, for some testing, isn't until [a few days later]. I'll be there for 6 to 8 weeks, dependin
Guest Jason

Robert Jordan Being Treated for Amyloidosis

Robert Jordan wrote a letter to Locus Magazine yesterday stating that he has been diagnosed with amyloidosis and will begin treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. We don't think it would be appropriate to elaborate or speculate at this time, but please read his letter.   As we get more news, we will post it here.   More Info [Robert Jordan's letter in Locus magazine] [The same letter on Tor's website]   Also, please be sure to read his blog entry on this website about the news.
Guest Bob

Welcome to Dragonmount.com - 7.0

Hi everyone,   Well, I was going to wait a few more days to announce this, but in light of Robert Jordan's annoucement, things got accelerated. So although it's not the most optimal circumstances, I would like to welcome you all back to Dragonmount.com, version 7.0.   We have a lot of awesome things in store for you at the new site. It was re-built from the ground up and includes all new Robert Jordan's blog.   In the next few weeks we'll be launching a WoT podcast as well called "Th
Guest Jason

Locus Magazine features Robert Jordan

Locus, a well-respected magazine in the publishing industry, is featuring Robert Jordan on the cover of their March 2006 issue. The magazine also features an in-depth interview with RJ, who talks about the entire series, where its going, and what he has planned next.   The issue is availble for purchase online for $6.50 (US). Locus is offering a special promotion for online fans where you will get free shipping (save $2.00) if you order through the links below. Alternatively, if you subscri
Guest Jason

A New Series of Wheel of Time Artwork from Mike S. Miller

MIKE S. MILLER, ROBERT JORDAN LAUNCH NEW LITHO LINE   Press Release World renowned fantasy author and popular fantasy/comic book artist make beautiful images together!   Robert Jordan, #1 New York Times best selling author, and one of the most widely regarded fantasy writers of all time strikes a deal with comic book and fantasy artist Mike S. Miller to produce a line of lithographs based off of his best-selling beloved fantasy series, The Wheel of Timeâ„¢.   "I am very much looking fo
Guest Bob

Dragonmount upgrade (site downtime)

Well, somehow, we survived the KoD rush. Our traffic was higher than ever and our poor, under-powered server was beat to death. But we survived and had no downtime. (Everyone please give the server a gentle pat and thank it.)   Because all of you were kind enough to purchase your copies of KoD through our links, and because you were kind enough to visit our sponsors by clicking on their banners, we have a little cash lying around and its time to do a server upgrade. Here's the plan as of r
Guest Jason

Encyclopaedia WoT Now Updated for Knife of Dreams

Encyclopaedia WoT, the preeminent reference site for the Wheel of Timeâ„¢, is now updated for Knife of Dreams.   UPDATE: The Characters and Geography sections are now complete.   Stop by for a visit! And please let us know if you find anything amiss. There's no way we can get everything right the first time. The more correcting and tuning we do, the better the site will be for everyone!   More info   [ Encyclopaedia WoT ]
Guest Bob

A Crown of Swords Audio Book Coming from Audio Renaissance

News from . Winter's Heart is available in unabridged format from audible.com, however A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers are only available in abridged format read by Mark Rolston.   The orginal unabridged versions of A Crown of Swords and The Path of Daggers published by Books on Tape occasionally show up on the secondary market but they are uncommon and expensive. We'll update you whenever we learn more!   Update: Thanks for catching that, Tom! The abridged versions of A Crown of
Guest Bob

The 13 Days of Christmas now online

Today marks the first day of our 13 Days of Christmas. Yes, I know that the "normal" 12 Days of Christmas start on Dec. 25th, but we don't do things like every one else.   Every day between now and Christmas we'll post a new desktop picture featuring one of the original 13 Forsaken. They make great desktop images.   The images were created by the Dabel Brothers, the company which produces the New Spring graphic novel. A special thanks to them for allowing us to be the exclusive provide
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Robert Jordan's Fast Forward Interview Now Available.

During Jordan's recent US tour, he made time to chat with Fast Forward TV, a show dedicated to science fiction and fantasy reviews that airs in parts of Virginia and Maryland. He talks quite a bit about his experience writing the books, working on the New Spring graphic novels, and his blog that we host for him. He even manages to pronounce Jason's name correctly.   You can download the interview in either Quicktime or MP3 format by going to Fast Forward's website and navigating to the Dece
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Coming soon: The 13 Days of Christmas

On Monday, December 12th, Dragonmount will launch a 13 day event called The 13 days of Christmas. Each day we'll release a little something special to help celebrate the holidays. What that "something" is will have to wait until Monday. You can RAFO. :)   Robert Jordan does have a hand in this feature, and this will be the exclusive location to get the content.   But please... don't expect TOO much. We won't be releasing early chapters from Book 12 or anything like that.   BTW-- Alt
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Fan based WoT game project now underway

Very often we receive news that somebody is interested in creating a fan-based Wheel of Time game. One group is getting organized about it and has some documentation and forums set up. They are actively seeking developers and artists. If you're interested in learning more, follow the link below.   Note: this game is not yet created, and won't be for a while. There isn't anything to see yet. But the more programmers, modelers, artists, testers, and fans who voice their support at the link
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Dabel Brothers Preview for Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga

Newsarama.com has a bunch of preview artwork for the Dabel Brothers' latest project, Magician: Apprentice, the first book of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga. The Dabel Brothers are the folks who are producing the comic version of Robert Jordan's New Spring. Here is an excerpt from the article:     Dabel Brothers Production website ]
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